Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why bother switching if what you are using works? It is the resulting images that count, not the process(es) to make them. I plan on using Tri-X for a long time as it works for me too. John Collier On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 04:32 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > But here's the reality, folks, sad as it may be....If you are shooting > for > newspapers or magazines, there is no longer an image quality advantage > in > using Leica gear - if there ever was. Today's digital equipment is > producing > images that when printed in newspapers and magazines cannot, even by the > most dedicated Leicaholic, be distinguished from the best film/Leica > images, > simply because the reproduction isn't good enough. As to print produced > from > digital, certainly up to 8x10, at any normal viewing distance, digital > output is going to equal film. And there are those who will argue it > will > equal it well beyond that. > snip > But the gloomy night at the end of the tunnel is now in full view. > > And I say that as someone who has NOT even started the transition to > digital...I'm still fully-wed to Tri-X, Ms and my F100s. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html